Shifting Grounds: Telling the Climate Migration Story in India is a guide produced by the Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS) as part of the Climate Change Local Adaptation Pathways (CLAPs) project. It aims to support communicators, in development organisations, think tanks, and the media in navigating the complex and often overlooked connections between climate change and internal migration in India. Drawing on field research, expert interviews, and narrative analysis, the guide covers links between climate change-related events such as floods, droughts, and heatwaves, and internal migration in India. It offers easy-to-understand explanations of key terms, guidelines for ethical and accurate storytelling, and data sources and tools. Designed as a resource to build responsible storytelling on rural to urban migration in the context of climate change, the guide highlights the importance of recognising migration-as-adaptation.